Two Indian Nationals Arrested in Bardiya, Nepal, with Significant Quantity of Brown Heroin

Two Indian nationals traveling in a car with Indian license plates were arrested in the Bansgadhi area of Bardiya district carrying a large quantity of brown heroin.

The District Police Office, Bardiya, stated that two individuals traveling in the car were apprehended with 131.540 grams of brown heroin near the southern bank of the Babai Irrigation Canal, close to the Old Golden Future School in Bansgadhi Municipality-5.

Based on a secret tip-off about drug trafficking, a joint team from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Branch Office, Nepalgunj, and Bardiya Police moved in. The police team stopped and inspected a white and black car bearing the Indian license plate UP 32 PT 7410.

Police Inspector Prashuram Chaudhary of the Area Police Office, Motipur, Bansgadhi, Bardiya, informed that during the inspection, brown heroin, hidden inside a black plastic bag, was found concealed in the front pocket of the jeans pants worn by Ankit Kumar, who was seated in the rear seat of the car.

According to Chaudhary, who is also the information officer, the arrested individuals are 21-year-old Harshit Yadav (the car driver) and 22-year-old Ankit Kumar, both residents of Mihipurwa Police Station in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Additionally, one iPhone, one Vivo brand touchscreen mobile phone, and the car they were traveling in have been seized. Police reported that further investigation and legal proceedings have been initiated against both arrested individuals along with the recovered materials.